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“I Wouldn’t Want To Say 100 Percent I’ll Be Playing”

Getting Alterraun Verner on the game field and making his Tampa Bay debut isn’t necessarily in the immediate future.

Verner explained to media today at One Buc Palace that he hasn’t really tested his bum hamstring yet.

“I feel fine. I mean, it’s going to see as we increase my reps during practice and see how I respond, but I wouldn’t want to say, you know, 100 percent I’ll be playing [against Buffalo],” Verner said this afternoon. “We’re going to do what’s best and see how I feel. But if I do play I can’t tell you how long. I’m going to play as long as they need me to play. I look forward to being out there. Hopefully, everything holds up so I can play.”

Verner said he feels good walking but can’t say much about football playing.

“But actually full go having to make a quick reaction, that’s something I can’t tell until I’m actually at practice,” Verner said.

Well, those are hardly encouraging words from the Bucs’ Pro Bowl corner. It sounds like he’s been healing for 3+ weeks versus the Bucs just keeping him off the field as a precautionary measure.

During his four seasons in Tennessee, Verner never missed a game or, as he told Joe, even a training camp practice.

Tampa Bay, where high prices free agents are out out to pasture. This is getting a bit ridiculous. Someone in the front office… for going on Tears now isn’t doing their due diligence on player health. It’s a never ending cycle.

@ The_Buc_Realist Correct me if i’m wrong but Revis played last year correct? He also was one of Pro Football Focus’s top cover corners. Sooo him being not able to perform in training camp didn’t really matter, especially since he trained on his own in Arizona to get his strength and speed back. It seemed to work out pretty well.